# 2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831 "2022-12-01T04:02:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1401 "2023-08-04T19:15:40Z")
I’m guessing members of this board might be interested to hear - in a totally non-ghoulish way - that Céline Dion’s family members can’t find any effective treatments for her disease. > **[Celine Dion's sister shares sad update on the singer's health](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12370645/Celine-Dions-sister-shares-grim-update-singers-health-battles-stiff-person-syndrome-medicine-works.html)** > > 'We can't find any medicine that works, but having hope is important,' Claudette revealed. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1402 "2023-08-05T03:58:17Z")
> **[Seiichi Morimura, who exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese army's...](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japanese-novelist-seiichi-morimura-trilogy-wartime-army-units-101609809)** > > Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura, whose nonfiction trilogy “The Devil’s Gluttony” exposed human medical experiments conducted by a secret Japanese army unit during World War II, has died at age 90 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1403 "2023-08-05T23:57:41Z")
[Carl Davis](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/04/carl-davis-composer-dies/) leaves 14 points on the board. Among other achievements, he helped Paul McCartney write Liverpool Oratorio. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1404 "2023-08-06T01:14:12Z")
So I went to check this name and entering “Carl” on my spreadsheet kept bringing up Tucker Carlson. Wishful thinking I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1405 "2023-08-06T01:47:42Z")
Died in May but apparently not reported until today, I guess. > **[Sharon Farrell, Actress in ‘It’s Alive,’ ‘Marlowe’ and ‘The Reivers,’ Dies at 82](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sharon-farrell-dead-its-alive-marlowe-reivers-1235551740/amp/)** > > She also was known for her turns in 'The Stunt Man,' 'Lone Wolf McQuade,' 'Can't Buy Me Love,' 'Hawaii Five-O' and 'The Young and the Restless.' ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1406 "2023-08-06T03:03:17Z")
I remember “The Reivers” It was a really good movie. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1407 "2023-08-06T05:11:18Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > [Carl Davis](https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/08/04/carl-davis-composer-dies/) leaves 14 points on the board. Among other achievements, he helped Paul McCartney write Liverpool Oratorio. I remember from nigh on fifty years ago his work in the WWII documentary series [_The World at War_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War). [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Worldatwar.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Worldatwar.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1408 "2023-08-06T13:22:00Z")
My heart will go on. Especially if she lives past December 31. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1409 "2023-08-06T13:38:24Z")
> **[Broadway actor who played Simba in 'The Lion King' dies at 47](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/broadway-actor-played-simba-lion-king-dies-47-rcna98352?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=64cfa062c01d0e0001ab7cf0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)** > > Clifton Oliver died early Wednesday morning, according to his sister Roxy Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1410 "2023-08-06T14:04:54Z")
I really liked that series. I watched it on Armed Forces Television while I was stationed in the Army at Camp Humphies in Korea.I remember the scene in which bulldozers were being used to shovel emaciated corpses into a mass grave outside a concentration camp One gal in the barracks wrinkled her nose and said “Ew! why do they have to show that?” I opened my mouth to respond but someone else beat me to it “So we remember and hopefully it doesn’t happen again.” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1411 "2023-08-06T21:24:04Z")
> **[Charles Ogletree, longtime legal and civil rights scholar at Harvard Law...](https://apnews.com/article/charles-ogletree-jr-dead-b4bee872c0fc641e92d8b996fd9067a9)** > > Law professor and civil rights scholar Charles J. Ogletree Jr. has died after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. He was 70. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1412 "2023-08-06T21:36:00Z")
Well respected man about town [John Gosling](https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/the-kinks-star-john-gosling-dies-aged-75-c-11499587) has moved on into the Waterloo Sunset. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1413 "2023-08-07T16:47:04Z")
> **[William Friedkin, ‘The Exorcist’ Director, Dies at 87](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/william-friedkin-dead-the-exorcist-1235689676/)** > > Director William Friedkin, best known for his Oscar-winning “The French Connection” and blockbuster “The Exorcist,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 87. His death was confirmed by Chapman Univers… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1414 "2023-08-08T14:17:22Z")
Sandra Bullcok’s partner has died. > **[Sandra Bullock's partner Bryan Randall dead at 57 following private battle...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/08/07/sandra-bullock-partner-bryan-randall-dead-als/70545768007/)** > > Sandra Bullock's longtime partner Bryan Randall died over the weekend after a three-year battle with ALS. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1415 "2023-08-08T15:20:01Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Sandra **Bullcok’s** partner has died. _Bullock_ ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1416 "2023-08-08T17:28:48Z")
If Sandra Bullock’s partner qualifies as a celebrity, then I’m sure Clint Eastwood’s mistress certainly does! > **[Clint Eastwood’s Longtime Mistress Dead At Age 93](https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/08/clint-eastwood-mistress-roxanne-tunis-dead-93/)** > > Roxanne Tunis, the longtime mistress of famous actor Clint Eastwood, died June 23 at the age of 93 after a brief illness. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1417 "2023-08-08T21:20:09Z")
Oh. oof Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1418 "2023-08-09T00:37:52Z")
Detroit Tigers’ catcher from the 60’s and radio color guy Jim Price has called his last game. He was still on the air up til about a month ago I believe. He was never my favorite guy behind the mic, but I’d definitely gotten used to him over the years. > **[Jim Price (catcher)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Price_(catcher))** > > Jimmie William Price (October 13, 1941 – August 7, 2023) was an American professional baseball catcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers from 1967 to 1971. He was also the color commentator for the Detroit Tigers Radio Network. > Price was from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Hershey High School in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1960. He was a three-sport star at Hershey and was recruited by Joe Paterno to play college football for the Penn State Nittany Lio... ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1419 "2023-08-09T14:13:33Z")
> **[‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Subject Rodriguez Dies at 81](https://variety.com/2023/music/people-news/rodriguez-dead-dies-searching-for-sugar-man-1235691845/)** > > Rodriguez, the singer-songwriter whose improbable, stranger-than-fiction career was surveyed in the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary “Searching For Sugar Man,” died on August 9. He was 81. The news w… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/1420 "2023-08-09T14:24:02Z")
> **[Robert Swan, ‘The Untouchables’ and ‘Hoosiers’ Actor, Dies at 78 ](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/robert-swan-dead-dies-the-untouchables-1235691866/)** > > Robert Swan, “The Untouchables” actor and founder of Harbor Country Opera, has died of liver cancer. He was 78. His death was confirmed by a family friend, who said his dream was to turn his award-… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831.md?page=72)